An annual survey of NHS IT leaders has revealed that over 50% have a negative outlook about the future of NHS digitisation. The 2017 NHS IT leadership survey, conducted by Digital Health Intelligence, showed that NHS IT leaders’ main reason over their uncertainty was future funding. The survey also shows NHS IT leaders have doubts…
A three-year plan has been released to improve cybersecurity solutions within the NHS. BCS, The Charted Institute for IT, released the Blueprint for Cyber Security in Health and Care, which aims to bring together professionals in cybersecurity, healthcare, partner institutions and the general public over three years in an effort to help the NHS deal…
British cybersecurity firm Secarma has been awarded three contracts worth over £750,000 to provide penetration testing and consultancy services to a global software firm. The deals follow the recent WannaCry ransomware attack which caused the NHS to halt services, putting patients at risk. Secarma has stated that the attack is acting as a wakeup call…
Lu Rahman discusses the emergence of cyberattacks and what it means for the medical device industry. Four or five years ago we didn’t give too much thought to cyber attacks. How times have changed. In 2014 the FBI issued two warnings that connected medical devices were at risk. In 2016 Trend Micro’s Udo Schneider demonstrated…
Digital Health Age takes a look at some of the biggest stories that have emerged over the course of the past week. Held ransom UK security officials believe they know who caused the WannaCry ransomware attack that was launch in May. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) state that the Lazarus hacking group is…